Bissell Mills Road, New Hope, Wayne North Carolina. Starting at line 42, his name looks like Forst or First H. Howell
Forst H. Howell, Head, Renting, living on a farm, as did most everybody around them. white male age 57, married, first married at age 30. Unable to read and write, he and parents all born in NC.
Katie E. Howell, Wife, Homemaker. white female age 33, married first at age 17. did not attend school, is able to read and write. She and parents all born in NC.
Arlie V. Howell, daughter; age 16, single female, did not attend school, can read and write, born NC.
Garland A. Howell, son; age 15, single, attended school, is able to read and write, born NC.
Pauline M. Howell, daughter; age 13, single, attended school, is able to read and write, born NC.
Letha B. Howell, daughter; age 11, attended school, is able to read and write. born NC.
Annie L. Howell, daughter; age 10, attended school, is able to read and write, born NC.
Melvin T. Howell, son; age 8, attends school, born NC.
William R. Howell, son; age 4 1/12, did not attend school, born NC.
I found something weird when I used Google Maps to search for this place. This screenshot is of New Hope NC. It is in the upper left corner of this view where the location marker is. Goldsboro is in the lower right portion of this view. This is quite a ways away from what I thought was his normal stomping grounds.
New Hope NC
from Google Maps 2017
and yet, when we look closer, there is no Bissel Road, it just doesn't look right. Let's try something else.
New Hope NC closer view
from Google Maps 2017
Well, I searched for "Bissell Road" in NC and got no results. I'm lost. Did they actually live that far from Goldsboro?
Prior to 1730, Native Americans were the only known occupants of the territory now known as Wayne county. Settlers trickled into the territory, but there was no general movement of immigration until after 1750. Wayne County was established on November 2, 1779 from the western part of Dobbs County. It was named for "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The act, establishing the County, provided the first court should be held at the home of Josiah Sasser at which time the justices were to decide on a place for all subsequent courts until a courthouse could be erected. By 1782 the commissioners were named. In 1787 an act was passed establishing Waynesborough on the west side of the Neuse River on the land of Doctor Andrew Bass where the courthouse now stands.[3] -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_North_Carolina
I may have found what I need!
Map of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States with township and municipal boundaries
Take a look at the right side, two-thirds down. The area is marked as "New Hope" and it is pretty close to Goldsboro. This is also within Wayne County, and fits the parameters. Now, I will search this area on Google Maps.
This is a locator map showing Wayne County in North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg
This is a locator map showing Johnston County in North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Johnston_County.svg
YEP! I do believe I found what I was looking for.
New Hope NC Map View
from Google Maps 2017
See where Goldsboro is in the upper left. Walnut Creek is in the lower right. Above that is the area listed as New Hope. In Walnut Creek, I found a road marked as "Mills Road," but no Bissell Mills Road. Let's explore further.
I looked closer on the map, found a Mills pond, and New Hope road, but nothing I was searching for. Of course, things change, but shouldn't be too much, right? We are looking for farming land. I'll try the property search next, perhaps.
Fristus Haywood Howell's Shotgun
used in the 1930s
owned by grandson William Vidunas
1931, age 58
clip art baby-green AntiqueClipArt
Birth of daughter Ida Alline Howell, 3 February 1931, Wayne County NC
1933, age 60
Birth of daughter Eula Evelyn Howell, 2 May 1933, Wayne County NC
End of Prohibition
1934, age 61
death of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell, 1 February 1934, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
Birth of daughter Julia Elizabeth Howell, 13 July 1934, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
Death of daughter Julia Elizabeth Howell, 31 August 1934, Goldsboro, Wayne County NC
Lived in Goldsboro NC
1935, age 63
lived in Goldsboro NC
1936, age 64
Death of sister Nellie G. Howell, 6 December 1936, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
Federal alcohol prohibition was repealed in December 1933, but many Americans had been ignoring the law for years.
Credit: American Stock Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Images
from Ancestry.com
In a 1939 news column, Eleanor Roosevelt looked back at the prohibition era and concluded that “a moral change still depends on the individual and not on the passage of any law.” The idea that the state cannot legislate morality was a clear lesson from the federal government’s nearly 14-year attempt to prohibit the production and sale of alcohol. Ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919 led to a lucrative black market for organized crime, corruption within police departments, and a general lack of respect for the law by a broad cross section of the American public. Many people celebrated on December 5, 1933, when ratification of the 21st Amendment repealed prohibition. The editors of the Milwaukee Journal wrote: “Prohibition is gone. Few will mourn its passing. It never was a real success, for it never really shut off the supply of alcoholic beverages to those who sought them.”
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The 21st Amendment left alcohol prohibition for the states to decide, and Mississippi remained a “dry” state until 1966. December 5, 1933, New York, New York. Credit: Imagno/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
For many Californians, the end of federal alcohol prohibition meant the return of the traditional wine festival. 1934, California. Credit: Underwood Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images
In the post-prohibition era, taverns were promoted as places for families and mixed crowds of men and women. September 1938, Raceland, Louisiana. Credit: Russell Lee/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
With breweries and distilleries back in business, the government regained a source of tax revenue during the Great Depression. 1934, New York, New York. Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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